But not enough people are willing to do what it takes to make it work.
And for the record, by "do what it takes", I do
not mean "spend craploads of hours RPing, and preaching, writing comprehensive theological essays, and creating entire new pantheons and theologies", etc. I mean play their characters as religiously devoted, and willing to have their characters do something that the character doesn't want to do, because their religious authority tells them to do it. People need to be willing to take the religious authority as the highest authority, with the realm as a mere earthly entity devoted to accomplishing it's goals.
And no that doesn't mean that we all have to play theocracies. But why can't King Kepler have a representative of Goodism on his private council to make sure the realm remains faithful to their tenets, and to look out for Goodism's best interests? And why can't the leaders of Goodism suggest to King Kepler that that treaty he is about to sign with Evilstani is perhaps not the best idea, as the savages of Evilstani still refuse to accept the truth of Goodism, so the treaty should include provisions of the construction of a temple of Goodism in all border regions?
